The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-04

and wanted To quit and 60 home.
The state on redirect examination Ia,
VOssen say that after Hamilton made thi
remark both he and Hamilton stood fort
yards further up the track from where IN,
men were al work and kept guard agains
surprise with drawn revolvers. VosseI
and Hamilton were both armed OH thai
night.
vOSsEN TOOK THE STAND,
and testified in answer to Interrogation,
put by Col. Mcdonald.
Ny name Is William Vossen. | am
married and live at 7O7 Nebraska avenue
Wyandotte; lived there since last Septem.
Der p Tor TO that time / was living 1915
Bell street, Kansas City, Kas. Moved
there in November, 1885, and lived there
continuously from that time up to the 18th
or Goth of April. My family consists of
two children. boy and a girl, am a
boiler-maker by trade and was formerly
employed in the Missouri Pacific shops at
the Cypress round house; / left there at
10 o'clock on the morning of March g.,
1886; / went ont on the strike with the
rest of them.
Col. McDonald-Do you know OF an
organization called the knights OF Labor I?
WitneSs-Yes, sir.
Col. McDonald-Were you a member of
that organization on the 18th and 10Th Of
April, 1886?
Witness / was.
Col. McDonald-What lodge or assem-
bly, did you belong to a.?
Witness belonged to district assembly
No. I0l.
Col. McDonald-Werey you an officer in
the assembly or a member only?
Witness was an Officer-that is | was
member of the executive committee of
which George Hamilton was chairman
Col. McDonald-YOu know Geo. Ham
ilton.
Witness sir.
Col. Mcdonald you see him in the
room?
Quite a sensation was caused in the room
as Vossen looked slowly around from one
side to the OF ser and finally, seeing Hamil-
ton sitting in the center Of the enclosure
near the bar, pointed to him and said,
ayes, THAT Is THE MAN"
Hamilton, who was sitting beside his
wife with his little baby on his lap, did
not;hush, but looked steadily at the y an
W hO AiAC
VOsSen then went on to tell the story of
pulling the spikes and removing the fish
plates and the details If the work of The !
atal night OF the 18th, or rather, morning !
Of the 10Th OF April. He said that on the !
hight of the 18th he went TO the Knights |
II Labor hall, at 1919 Sixth street. Kansas |
City, Kansas, early in the evening. The
Issembly met in the second story of the I
rame building at that number. The wit (
less did not remain in the hall all tine +.
vening, but went ont and called back
gain about 10 o'clock. He saw that eve
ling in the hall Hamilton, Lloyd, Geers,
Newport, Leary, higgins, Warner, McNa-
nara, Pleaney and others. They dropped
n during the evening To see if there was
ny news abont the strike and any pros
ect of settlement. About III o'clock
fter witness came back, Hamilton came
nto the hall. Witness did not recognize
i'm at first.
HAMILTON HAD on A GRAY WIG
nd rubber coat. LLOYD remarked,
Well, old man, do you want to bunk with
S tonight 2" Hamilton laughed, and we
len saw who it was. All of us
lied on the wig. We talked some little
me and Hamilton asked us all down
} take drink. About an hour before
ais Lloyd had said to VOssen care you 60
lg to go with us tonight ?" VOssen ask
], "where do you mean ?" LLOYD an
yered "Never mind where. You come
nd 60 with u.s." On the invitation of ,
Ir. Hamilton about eight or nine men
ent down TO a saloon near the hall and {
ok drink. After they came back to 1
he hall nothing more was said on the SUBJ {
ct of going to do the nights work until :
bout 10 minutes to / o'clock, when {
hamilton took out his watch and said i
Well, ii is time. to GO" Witness does not
,pear TO have known just what was going
/ but suspected that some plan had been '
reed upon. Eight of the knights of La 7
,r started out together. They were War
n, higgins, Leary, Newport, Geers, 7
lloyd, Hamilton and Vossen. The party I
perated in two parties as they went | s
ong Sixth street. As they crossed the a
xlh street bridge, the party that V,ssen n
as with, stopped and waited for Hamil- d
n to come up. Hamilton had on the "
ig, dark felt hat and u rubber coat o
lich he said he had borrowed. In the ri
rkness Lloyd Leary Newport and
essen, had become separated from the
hers. They stopped at the Sixth
eet bridge. Lloyd said
"LET's WATT FOR HAMILTON" II
moment Hamilton came up. 81
lille they were waiting there Warner Il
d higgins passed but did not stop r;
lie whole party then started north through Il
verview, In two seperate parties. C
hen they reached point about $50 yards c
I'm the street car bridge which runs over IL
= Missouri Pacific track, Lloyd stopped "a
said, ''this is the place" Vossen then I'd
ticed that Newport had a claw-bar on c.
shoulder. Lloyd stopped and began to d.
II the spikes from one of the rails on &c
, curve. Vossen said: eff you are GO ]
: to pull any don't pull up that one. ia
II one of these, pointing to the rails OF
irest the bluff and further along from Ia
river. That one will kill the whole ii
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